The 2024 match had the highest number of unfilled positions and unfilled programs in the history of pediatrics. This episode discusses match data and the larger pediatric workforce crisis based on three recent pieces in the journal.

Dr. Alex Corley first author of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Considerations in the 2024 National Residency Matching Program Results

Dr. Colin Orr first author of Match and the Pathway to Pediatrics: Strategies to strengthen the pathway

Dr. Bob Vinci first author of The Match, The Workforce, The Future: The Key Role for Medical Educators

With recent measles and pertussis outbreaks and a record number of pediatric influenza deaths this season poor vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy are in the media. What do we know about vaccine hesitancy since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

First author David Higgins and editor Dr. Jacobson discuss the article in press "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parental Childhood Vaccine Attitudes in the US."

Read the full article here: https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00054-3/abstract

Dr Anthony Milki reads his essay The Metamorphosis.

Read the full piece here:

https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00073-7/abstract

Dr. Jillian Gorski updates us on what is new in in the literature regarding patient and provider perspectives on the use of AI in healthcare. Read more in her recent progress report:

Parental, Patient, and Provider Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Care 10.1016/j.acap.2025.102819

The original study in Academic Pediatrics discussed here is Parental Perceptions on Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Acute Care. 10.1016/j.acap.2022.05.006

If you are going to PAS 2025 come say hi! I will be there with buttons to share with editors, listeners and guests from the podcast. If you see someone else with a button use it as a conversation starter.

I am also posting content from the journal on the LinkedIn and would appreciate you following and sharing articles there: Academic Pediatrics on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/11657347

Dr. Cara Texler reads her essay Life is Calling. Read the full piece here: https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00048-8/abstract

Associate Editor Robert Jacobson describes the types of reviews published in Academic Pediatrics and the which types of topics they work well for. He gets into more details about the role of scoping reviews in Academic Pediatrics and what potential scoping review authors should consider when using this method.

Academic Pediatrics author guidelines are online here: https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/content/authorinfo

Assistant Editor Dr. Colin Orr interviews first author Dr. Melissa Lutz on her piece, Material Goods Provided in Pediatric Primary Care Clinics: A Landscape Analysis as well as discussing the process of CORNET.

10.1016/j.acap.2025.102780

CORNET’s mission is to advance children’s health by partnering with key stakeholders through rigorous research in primary care, health care delivery, improvement science, and medical education, through an established, self-sustaining, collaborative, research network among pediatric continuity clinicians.

https://www.academicpeds.org/groups-networks/research-networks/cornet/